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NASA calls for new vaccinations to combat virus reactivation during spaceflight
Researchers from NASA's Johnson Space Center have discovered that dormant herpes viruses reactivate during spaceflight, leading to an urgent need to develop counter-measures, including vaccination, to ensure the success of deep-space missions.
By Allie Nawrat
Saliva, blood and urine samples were taken from astronauts before, during and following spaceflight. Credit: Shutterstock.
Currently only vaccinations are available for varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox and shingles, but three further varieties of herpes were detected in astronauts tested by the team: herpes simplex virus (HSV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV).
EBV and CMV are responsible for causing glandular fever, while HSV causes oral and genital herpes.
Senior author of the study Dr Satish Mehta said: "Our present focus is on developing targeted treatment regimens for individuals suffering the consequences of viral reactivation."
This is especially important because, as noted by Mehta, "the magnitude, frequency and duration of viral shedding all increase with length of spaceflight," meaning that although only six astronauts developed symptoms in the study, more astronauts could be at risk during deep-space missions to the Moon or Mars.
Based upon analysis of saliva, blood and urine samples collected before, during and following space-flight, of the 89 crew aboard Space Shuttle flights and the 23 on International Space Station missions, 61"shed herpes viruses in their saliva or urine samples."
Mehta added: "These frequencies – as well as the quantity – of viral shedding are markedly higher than in samples from before or after flight, or from matched healthy controls."
He explained: "During spaceflight there is a rise in secretion of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, which are known to suppress the immune system.
"In keeping with this, we find that astronaut's immune cells – particularly those that normally suppress and eliminate viruses – become less effective during spaceflight and sometimes for up to 60 days after." The team found infectious VZV and CMV shed in body fluids up to 30 days following return to earth.
In addition to protecting astronauts during deep-space missions, Mehta argues: "This research has tremendous clinical relevance for patients on Earth too.
"Already, our spaceflight-developed technologies for rapid viral detection in saliva have been employed in clinics and hospitals around the world."
Also, continued virus shedding on return to earth could cause serious risks to immunocompromised or uninfected people, such as new born babies.
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Portrait of Professor Leonid I. Mandelstam
Struck, Hermann, 1876-1944
Etching : ink on paper ; 5.1" x 3.7" ; 12.9 x 10 cm
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Leonid Mandelstam was born in Mogilev, Russian Empire (now Belarus). He studied at the Novorossiya University in Odessa, but was expelled in 1899 due to political activities, and continued his studies at the University of Strasbourg. He remained in Strasbourg until 1914, and returned with the beginning of World War I. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942.
Hermann Struck was born Chaim Aaron ben David in 1876 in Germany. He is best known as a master etcher, lithographer and early Zionist. He studied for five years at the Berlin Academy and in 1908 wrote Die Kunst des Radierens (The Art of Etching), while mentoring artists such as Marc Chagall, Max Liebermann and Lesser Ury. His art was included in an exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress and he helped establish the religious Zionist movement called Mizrachi. Struck was an Orthodox Jew but believed that culture and religion could thrive cooperatively in Israel. He immigrated to Haifa where he created an artistic community and participated in the development of the Tel Aviv Museum and the Bezalel art school in Jerusalem. He died in 1944.
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November 17, 2010 in "arts and crafts", "holidays"
So I finally got around to finishing my Christmas vintage book wreath... you know... the one I told you guys about a few weeks ago... remember? Well, after a couple of glasses of wine and a few hot glue gun burns, I finally finished it. I'm serious about those hot glue gun burns... crafting is a dangerous hobby.
First I gathered all my supplies... You will need a foam craft wreath (I initially thought I was going to create 3 of these bad boys... not so much. After my hot glue gun injuries, I was lucky to finish one.) You will want an old book. (I found the Charles Dickens 2-in-1 during this bookstore visit.) You will need a hot glue gun and plenty of extra glue sticks. (The culprit of my injury.) And you will want some craft paint.
It is also a good idea to have an assistant available.
Oh, and a glass of wine.
First I painted the pages of my book. I was using this tutorial over at Living with Lindsay, so I did exactly as she said... and painted the pages of my book... first with the brown craft paint, and then with the grey. However, if I was perfectly honest, I would tell you that I think this step could easily be skipped... but that's just me.
Then I began carefully rolling my book pages, one by one, and hot gluing them to my foam wreath. My placement of each rolled page was pretty carefully calculated, which I believe is just my OCD-craftyness kicking in. I realized that my pages were more rolled... whereas Lindsay's are more "just put on," which I think I like better... but too late now.
If I had to do this craft over again, I would do a few things a little differently... 1) I would use a smaller paperback novel... with the really flimsy pages. My book had really tall sturdy pages, which made them a little harder to maneuver. 2) I would have started with a larger frame for the base of my wreath. And 3) I would have skipped the whole page-painting portion. I don't really think you can tell, one way or the other.
But overall, I am very pleased with my finished product. It will definitely be up for the holidays at my house.
What about you? Have you been working on any Christmas crafts lately?


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Don Lemon is the dumbest & most racist host on TV - Congresswoman Ilhan Omar retweets calls for political violence against @randpaul
Don Lemon is the dumbest & most racist host on TV
He clearly made the statement, last night, that Trump IS a racist when asking a questions that should have been impartial
He also claimed not to long ago that white men LIKE HIS HUSBAND are the most dangerous people in America
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) July 31, 2019
Don Lemon asked an unbelievably dumb question. Maybe if he stopped with the conspiracy theories, the nonsensical talking points, and the left-wing lunacy, then he'd be taken seriously by rational people.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 31, 2019
1. Don Lemon is one of the dumbest men on television. 2. Insulting someone isn't the same as inciting violence. 3. Media insults Trump all the time. 4. By Stelter's own rules, isn't media making Trump less safe? https://t.co/LXOytX4yVF
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) July 31, 2019
Maybe it's because Don is now more relevant than you are. Still, head-to-head I'd say you're dumber than Lemon https://t.co/4DBrF982M0
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 31, 2019
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar retweeting calls for political violence against @randpaul. I'm not surprised, and look forward to the forthcoming silence from the media on the issue. pic.twitter.com/r9BQloVoL9
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 29, 2019
Really @IlhanMN ? That violent neighbor broke six of Sen. @randpaul 's ribs and you are retweeting unhinged @tomarnold joking about it? #IlhanOmarSpreadsHateOnTwitter pic.twitter.com/Qx3TnUkhlW
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 29, 2019
Decorated War Veteran Chris Kelley is going to run against Ilhan Omar in 2020!
Raise your hand if you support him. 🙋🏽♂
— Mark Lutchman 🇺🇸 (@marklutchman) July 30, 2019
HONORING HEROES: President Trump Signs 9/11 Bill Into Law
Rand Paul says Jon Stewart is lying in 9/11 victim fund vote criticism:
https://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2019/07/rand-paul-says-jon-stewart-is-lying-in.html
Will Donald Trump FREE ASAP Rocky From Jail in Sweden? - Kamala Harris Says Trump Helping ASAP Rocky Is ABUSE OF POWER!
RAT INFESTED MESS! - Trump is Right, Baltimore is a Sh*thole - Trump calls Baltimore, crime and rodent infested. Uh...it is. When did the truth become unspeakable?
Debunking All Major Claims of Trump Being a Racist (Styx)
There are a number of good anecdotes in the comments section at You Tube showing Trump treating people of colour he runs into, on a personal level, like human beings. https://spookyweather.blogspot.com
Donald Trump a Racist?:
http://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2016/03/donald-trump-racist.html
HATE HOAX: Black Georgia State Representative Goes Full Jussie Smollett - Erica Thomas, you rotten b#!ch. Another hoax bites the dust.
Tim Pool just did a video about the media still pushing her story even though she recanted. Unreal.
Posted by JM Talboo at 10:11:00 AM
US military warns people preparing to storm Area 51 - Why are Americans so obsessed with Area 51? - 'The Five' question what Trump knows about Area 51
Are Bob Lazar's UFO Claims to Joe Rogan Credible? Yes!:
http://undebunkingufos.blogspot.com/2019/07/are-bob-lazars-ufo-claims-to-joe-rogan.html
President Trump on UFOs: I'm not a believer but anything's possible:
http://undebunkingufos.blogspot.com/2019/07/president-trump-on-ufos-im-not-believer.html
Truth Teller's Radio Episode 13 - UFO Disclosure is Happening RIGHT NOW Under Trump:
http://undebunkingufos.blogspot.com/2017/11/truth-tellers-radio-episode-13-ufo.html
Ilhan Omar: White Men are more dangerous to America than Jihadist Terrorist - White Men Are Biggest Terror Threat to USA...Is It True?
Major Antitrust Probe Announced Into Google And Facebook, Insider Says Google Is Biased - Current Sr. Google Engineer Goes Public on Camera: Tech is "dangerous," "taking sides" - Major Victory in MASSIVE Lawsuit Against Google for Extreme Bias
Ep. 1029 A Fiasco on Capitol Hill. The Dan Bongino Show 7/24/2019.
Psychotic NPCs destroy the things you love, and laugh about you "p00ping yourself."
TTR Episode 28: JM Talboo & Larry Pinkney Talk Black Panthers, Racism, Trump, Vomitstream Media, Censorship, Being Conspiracy Analysts NOT Theorists, 9/11 Truth, UFOs and More!
Show Notes/More Info:
"Larry Pinkney is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner, and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He is an editorial board member of the online publication, The Black Commentator. He also is a former university instructor of political science and international relations, and is in the archives at Stanford University, California of Dr. Huey P. Newton who was co-founder of the Black Panther Party in connection with his political organizing activities in opposition to voter suppression and other issues. He authors the "Keeping It Real" column in the national publication The Black Commentator (www.BlackCommentator.com). He is highlighted in the book, William Mandel, Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker (Introduction by Howard Zinn). Larry Pinkney also has been interviewed on national news programs, including The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour."
http://blackactivistwg.org/Larry%20Pinkney/
THE SF8, FBI REPRESSION, AND THE RETURN OF COINTELPRO:
https://www.infowars.com/the-sf8-fbi-repression-and-the-return-of-cointelpro/
https://www.infowars.com/?s=COINTELPRO
Who are the New Black Panthers? '60s radicals say new group doesn't embody their ideals:
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-black-panthers-20160714-snap-story.html
The Martyr by Immortal Technique Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Immortal-technique-the-martyr-lyrics
Who is Criticizing Black Lives Matter?:
http://mindtreasury.blogspot.com/2016/07/who-is-criticizing-black-lives-matter.html
Trump is Right, NFL Players Should Quit Kneeling - More Whites Than Blacks Are Shot by Police and Adjusting for Population is a Moot Point When Considering Crime Statistics Showing Black Crime and Violence is Astronomically Out of Proportion - Police Violence against Black Men Is Rare And the media narrative to the contrary is damaging - Steve Mnuchin: Trump sees anthem protests as disrespecting the military, veterans and fallen heroes:
http://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2017/09/trump-is-right-nfl-players-should-quit.html
Gun Control is a Snake Oil "Cure" for a Nonexistent Crisis:
http://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2018/05/gun-control-is-snake-oil-cure-for.html
"SEND HER BACK" Chant Rings Out At Trump Rally And It Was GREAT:
http://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2019/07/send-her-back-chant-rings-out-at-trump.html
Trumps Master Plan Worked: AOC and Ilhan Omar are the Face of the Democrats, Now - GOP Reps TURN On Trump Over "Back To Country" Comments!:
http://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2019/07/trumps-master-plan-worked-aoc-and-ilhan.html
Lists: Mixed Bag, Trump is Wrong, Trump is Right:
http://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2017/03/trump-is-wrong-vs-trump-is-right-lists.html
Censorship Info:
http://truthtellersradio.blogspot.com/2019/05/ttr-episode-25-jm-talboo-and-ray-j-talk.html
Truth Teller's Radio Censored:
http://truthtellersradio.blogspot.com/2019/07/truth-tellers-radio-censored.html
PJW: Facebook Put a Fatwa On Me:
https://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2019/07/facebook-put-fatwa-on-me.html
How the CIA Invented and Weaponized the Term "Conspiracy Theory":
http://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-cia-invented-and-weaponized-term.html
Alex Jones in the News Again for Sandy Hook Lawsuits - What Exactly Did He Say FOR REAL NO SPIN and Why is Free Speech Never Brought Up? - Jones Has Been Targeted for What He Gets Right Not Something He May Have Got Wrong:
http://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2019/02/alex-jones-in-news-again-for-sandy-hook.html
Analyzing the official story of an historical event and considering the political impact of it, even if that means offending people involved, is not a crime. It's exercising free speech and just plain smart if one knows their history concerning government corruption and proven conspiracies.
These 33 conspiracy theories turned out to be true and here are 42 admitted false flag attacks. Source: http://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2016/01/responses-to-truth-is-rushing-out-there.html
Sorry, I always question whether people's indignation is healthy when others question if people actually died in an event. Seeing as how our government actually put these phrases in a document...
"Casualty lists in US newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation."
"Conduct funerals for mock-victims"
https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/Northwoods.html
Many people subconsciously make the mistake of only seeing the issues concerning 9/11 in black and white, as opposed to shades of gray. This is known as the black-or-white fallacy. In this case, the false dilemma is: 9/11 was either carried out by Al-Qaeda or it was "an inside job."
Just because the evidence suggests that rogue elements of the US government and intelligence apparatus, as well as other international intelligence agencies, were involved, doesn't mean bin Laden and Al-Qaeda hijackers weren't involved.
In the fight to uncover the truth about 9/11 we must contend with individuals and groups that distort, omit and lie about important details in order to defend the official narrative - the 911 truth debunkers.
The NORAD-stand-down, various whistleblowers, and physical evidence centered around the destruction of the 3 World Trade Center Buildings in New York, make a strong case that the attacks involved substantial inside help...
http://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2014/10/permanent-top-post-by-jm-talboo-and.html
Epstein Pedogate Info:
https://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2019/07/rampant-child-porn-sharing-discovered.html
m o d e r n i t y - Based Gays Speak Out Against Pride Parades - Vermont to Allow Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Sex Reassignment Surgeries for Children:
https://trumpisright.blogspot.com/2019/06/m-o-d-e-r-n-i-t-y-based-gays-speak-out.html
All People Have a Right to Marriage & All Children Need Male and Female Role Models:
http://mindtreasury.blogspot.com/2016/05/all-people-have-right-to-marriage-all.html
5.7 Million in Taxpayer Funds for Study to Justify Sterilizing Children Who Are Gender Confused
http://welcometohealth.blogspot.com/2018/09/57-million-in-taxpayer-funds-for-study.html
University Caves to Mob. Deletes Study About Gender Dysphoria:
http://welcometohealth.blogspot.com/2018/08/university-caves-to-mob-deletes-study.html
Transgenderism is Ideology NOT Science! (Dr. Leonard Sax Uncut) | Louder With Crowder:
http://welcometohealth.blogspot.com/2018/07/transgenderism-is-ideology-not-science.html
LGBT activists slam 'the most important psychiatrist of the last half-century' because he debunks transgender ideology:
http://welcometohealth.blogspot.com/2017/08/lgbt-activists-slam-most-important.html
1600 Daily: Ivanka Trump on "an unbelievable story" in America's heartland
Ivanka Trump on "an unbelievable story" in America's heartland
This past Friday marked one year since President Trump announced his Pledge to America's Workers, a landmark effort to train and reskill our nation's workforce.
The results have been incredible, with more than 9 million training opportunities pledged for American job seekers and students. In honor of the Pledge's success, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump traveled to Iowa last week to get a first-hand look at one of the training centers where American ingenuity is taking off.
"Iowa has an unbelievable story," she said. "This is a great climate, a great opportunity. But it brings to bear a unique challenge, which is the fact that people need [skilled] workers." More of those newly skilled workers will be prepared to step in soon: Hy-Vee CEO Randy Edeker committed to 15,000 more opportunities for U.S. workers on Friday.
"This is exactly why it's so important to leave D.C.," Ms. Trump said.
The Pledge to America's Workers has nearly 10 million commitments in year one.
50 years later, it's time for another 'giant leap' for mankind
On Saturday, America celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing.
That achievement captivated the world, including millions of Americans who watched history unfold before their eyes. "For one brief moment, all the people of the world were truly one," Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center.
Watch: Vice President celebrates Moon landing with Apollo 11 astronauts
"All at once, the nation held its breath — as through the crackling broadcast we listened to, we heard Neil Armstrong use those immortal words: 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,'" the Vice President said from Apollo 11's launch site.
"In that moment, the men of Apollo 11 did more than help expand our understanding of Creation, and they did more than win the Space Race. They brought together our nation."
The Apollo 11 mission ignited enthusiasm across America for space exploration—a flame that unfortunately waned over time. It's been more than 48 years since an American walked on the Moon. The National Space Council, disbanded in 1993, lay dormant for nearly a quarter of a century before President Donald J. Trump resurrected it.
Americans are looking to the stars once again. President Trump has committed to putting Americans back on the Moon by 2024. The United States will seek to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon by 2028, and then chart a path forward for the exploration of Mars from there.
"The next man—and the first woman—on the Moon will be American astronauts," the Vice President said on Saturday. "We're going back."
50 Years After Walking on the Moon, It's Time for Another 'Giant Leap'
Vice President Pence: We're Heading Back to the Moon and Then on to Mars
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects to retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. | July 22, 2019
Showdown! Trump Takes On Turkey Over Russian Missile Purchase (Liberty Report)
Turkey's decision to purchase a Russian-made missile defense system has led the Trump Administration to cancel its planned sale of 100 F-35 fighters to Turkey. Also under a 2017 law to punish Russia for "meddling" in US elections, Trump will be obligated to apply sanctions to Turkey - a NATO ally!
The Turkish Government has been shifting away from secularism and supported ISIS (along with Gulf Nations and Western Intelligence), and currently supports Al Qaeda groups with its occupation in Northern Syria.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, July 20th, 2019.]
Pew: 91% Democrats see violence next in war of words
WASHINGTON EXAMINER:
After a week that saw President Trump and his foes toss toxic words at each other, there is now a warning that the next phase could be "violence."
Nearly 8 of 10 Americans told the Pew Research Center that supporters for both sides could "act" on the politically charged rhetoric with violence. It was higher for Democrats, 91%, than Republicans, 61%.
And they want politicians to cool it.
"Americans broadly agree that elected officials should avoid using heated language because it could encourage violence. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) say this, while just a quarter believe that elected officials 'Should be able to use heated language to express themselves without worrying about whether some people may act on what they say,'" warned the center.
"While majorities in both parties say officials should avoid heated language, this view is more widely held among Democrats (83%) than Republicans (61%)," it added.
Trump is cited by a majority for stirring up the situation, but, like anything "Washington" today, there is partisan division.
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CHINESE IMMIGRANT KATHY ZHU STRIPPED OF "MISS MICHIGAN" TITLE AFTER REFUSING TO WEAR HIJAB
Pro-Trump conservative refuses to back down in face of political correctness
Adan Salazar | Infowars.com - JULY 19, 2019
The woman chosen as Miss Michigan World America was stripped of her title Thursday after butting heads with the organization over her conservative-leaning political views.
Kathy Zhu says she was booted from the Miss World America pageant "due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and 'insensitive' statistical tweets."
Kathy Zhu@PoliticalKathy
Miss World America's State/National/Chief Director accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive.
They stripped me of my Miss Michigan title due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and "insensitive" statistical tweets.
10:36 PM - Jul 18, 2019
15.1K people are talking about this
"Miss World America's State/National/Chief Director accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive," Zhu wrote on Twitter, posting the director's email to her, along with her own response which calls out Sharia Law.
In one of the supposedly offensive tweets, Zhu, who campaigned with Chinese-Americans for Trump in 2016, mentioned a statistic about the black murder rate.
"Did you know the majority of black deaths are cause by other blacks?" Zhu wrote. "Fix first before blaming others."
Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others https://twitter.com/enndelbu/status/917080495250223104 …
Enndelbu@Enndelbu
Replying to @VP
STOP KILLING BLACK PEOPLE !!!
1:38 PM - Oct 8, 2017
Zhu also released text messages detailing the circumstances that led to her returning her crown and sash.
Replying to @PoliticalKathy
These are the text message exchanges between the state director and me.
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In a letter back to the organization, Zhu refused to back down to the organization's political correctness and further shed light on the "hijab" incident.
"Do you know what is 'insensitive'?" she asked the pageants' directors. "What's 'insensitive' is that women in the middle east are getting STONED TO DEATH for refusing to obey they husband's order to wear hijabs."
"A muslim woman tried to FORCIBLY put a hijab on my head without my permission. I tweeted about it on my social media, and it got the attention of the media. Almost everyone was supportive of me refusing to be put in that situation."
"Are the people of [Miss World America] implying that they advocate for the punishment of women who refuse to wear a hijab?" she wrote.
On Friday, Zhu posted a video thanking her supporters after her story went viral on social media.
3:42 PM - Jul 19, 2019
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I was born in china. First generation immigrant. Open up your eyes to the real world.
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This is exactly what's great in photography; you see a motif, take a picture because you think it's a beautiful moment in time, and suddenly it means alot to others.
- and as you know, the childhood memories are the absolutely best memories you can possibly get.
Despite discussions elsewhere, I post pictures from a walk on the south side of Frei (near Bjerkestrand) purely to show the one who wants to take a look how "crowded" it was on Freifjorden 1 Anchorage as the Storm 'Hilde' raged out in the Atlantic Ocean.
As I understand CVF automatically scale down images larger than 960 pix, so as I make my 'panoramas' by cropping in 1000 or up to 1400, I guess that is the reason for any bluryness then.
The first pictures of post #243 was taken from inside the trees on the top right of the church there.
Outside of the frame right side is tanker BROVIG VINDUR, and in the latest hour, WILSON GIJON anchored outside of the left frame side.
From left to right on this image: WILSON GAETA, FRI STAR, MIKHAIL KUTUZOV, WILSON BORG and ICE STAR.
great images in 245 Svein.specially the first one.
Experienceing a bit with aperture, but raindrops on my lense UV-filter became very appearant at F7.3 and above, so this one is at F4.5.
Satisfied with it myself also.
no raindrops to see,but what i like so much is the 2 vessels in the sunbeams (almost) and that the bridges road is following the isle in the forground.
So much interesting ship activity in this scenic setting.
Yes I can imagine what you mean about experimenting with a longer shutter speed in the scene #243/5. Nevertheless, the image as it is beautiful with the light on the water and just catching the wet stones. I liked this one a lot, and the following one too with that retreating wave on the sand, accentuating the appearance and feeling of the sea in contrast with that smooth brown foreground.
A stunning location to see the moon like that, and perfectly photographed with the dark trees on the left completing the image.
Photography used as poetry.Very emotional picture.
Very beautiful mood, Svein! You have done well in this capture - you can with all reason be proud!
Visited Viken farm on this last day of 2013, and brought back home a few images.
Seasonal mood in the window star, and very special colour combinations in the paint colours of that door.
And following a photo that is so much about colour, there is a Sterkoder b&w masterpiece, that superbly photographed wall detail.
And finally, a "figure" inbetween the trees. A familiar guy this one Cecilia, rmember..?


James Allmers (14) takes the handoff from Stephen Begen in last week's game against Dwight Morrow. On Friday, Valley travels to Paramus to face the undefeated Spartans.
When: Friday Sep. 14, 6 p.m.
Coming off season-opening blowout against Dwight Morrow, Pascack Valley will look to improve to 2-0 for the first time since 2015 when they travel to Paramus on Friday. Last week, the Indians played effectively on both sides of the ball, combining a potent and consistent offensive attack with stout defensive play en route to the 47-6 win.
As they did in Week 1, Valley will likely rely upon its ground game against Paramus. Last week, the Indians utilized a rotating cast at running back, as junior tailbacks Jake Williams and James Allmers split the first team reps. Williams rushed for 87 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries, while Allmers picked up 67 yards and a touchdown on 8 carries. Senior Stephen Soravilla also found the end zone.
In the air, the Indians showed signs of promise, as junior signal caller Stephen Begen connected on six of his 10 passes for 56 yards. Begen connected with senior receiver Joe Campagna on three occasions for a total of 47 yards against Dwight Morrow. He also found tight-end Justin Nicita for an eight yard completion on the sidelines.
Pascack Valley will get some help this week in the passing attack as senior receiver Jake DeMilia and junior tight-end James Della Pesca will both return from injury this week.
By allowing just six points in Week 1, Valley has already bested its best defensive performance from 2017, allowing seven points against Ridgefield Park. The Indians were able to keep the Dwight Morrow offense under wraps, save for a 65-yard touchdown run in the early stages of the third quarter.
Williams and sophomore Desmond Von Tobel led the way with five tackles each, while seniors Mike Garay and Charlie Looes both contributed four. Kris Ostrowski added the lone sack for the Indians, while Andrew Martinez deflected a pass that nearly went for an interception.
Though the Indians played well in all three phases in Week 1, PV will face a much tougher test in Week 2 with No. 13 Paramus. The Spartans enter play at 2-0 after back-to-back blowout wins at the hands of Parsippany Hills and Mahwah. After opening its season in Week 0 with a 51-21 win against Parsippany Hills, Paramus held Mahwah to just a field goal in a 35-3 rout.
Offensively, Paramus is led by dual-threat quarterback Trevor Bopp. The 6-foot-3-inch junior has completed 14 of his 25 passes for 114 yards and one interception. Against Mahwah, however, the Paramus aerial attack struggled greatly, as Bopp completed just two passes for -2 passes. Bopp is also the Spartans' leading rusher with 304 yards and five touchdowns on 26 carries.
Junior running back Kyle Jacob has also rushed for five touchdowns and 285 yards, while senior tailback Justin McKeon has racked up 61 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, the Spartans' defense has been strong in both outings thus far this season. The Paramus defensive front was able to effectively shutdown opposing rushing attacks. Last week, the Spartans' first-string defense held Mahwah running backs to just 12 yards on 14 carries before giving way to the junior varsity.
Jacob and senior Matt Amato each have registered 18 tackles on the season. Amato has also recorded three sacks.
The last time the Indians and Spartans faced off, the stakes were a bit higher – the 2014 North 1, Group 4 Championship Game at MetLife Stadium. Pascack Valley emerged victorious 22-6 to capture its second straight N1, G4 championship, both of which came at the hands of Paramus. Though the two programs have a long playoff history, locking horns in 2014, 2013, 2009, and 2008, this will be their first regular season showdown since at least 2003.


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GSK delivers sales, earnings and cash...
GSK delivers sales, earnings and cash flow growth in 2018
Issued: London, UK
Total EPS 73.7p, +>100% AER, +>100% CER; Adjusted EPS 119.4p +7% AER, +12% CER
2018 financial, product and strategy highlights
Group sales £30.8 billion, +2% AER, +5% CER
Pharmaceuticals sales £17.3 billion, flat AER, +2% CER; Vaccines sales £5.9 billion, +14% AER, +16% CER; Consumer Healthcare sales £7.7 billion, -1% AER, +2% CER
Total new Respiratory product sales £2.6 billion, +35% AER, +38% CER
Total HIV sales £4.7 billion, +9% AER, +11% CER. Dolutegravir-based regimens £4.4 billion, +14% AER, +16% CER
Shingrix sales £784 million, +>100% AER, +>100% CER
Total Group operating margin 17.8%, +4.3 percentage points AER, +5.0 percentage points CER
Adjusted Group operating margin 28.4%, flat AER, +0.5 percentage points CER. (Pharmaceuticals: 33.3%; Vaccines 33.0%; Consumer Healthcare 19.8%)
Total EPS 73.7p, +>100% AER, +>100% CER, reflecting stronger operating performance, lower restructuring and impairment charges as well as a favourable comparison with impact of US tax reform in 2017
Adjusted EPS 119.4p, +7% AER, +12% CER, driven by improved operating margin and continued financial efficiencies
Net cash flow from operations £8.4 billion. Free cash flow £5.7 billion, improvement reflecting greater focus on cash conversion, particularly working capital
23p dividend declared for the quarter; 80p for full year 2018
4 major transactions, including new Consumer Healthcare JV, announced in 2018 to support strategy and reshape of the Group's portfolio
2019 guidance
Expect Adjusted EPS to decline -5% to -9% CER reflecting recent approval of a generic competitor to Advair in the US. Guidance also reflects expected impact of Tesaro acquisition and assumes Consumer Healthcare nutrition disposal
and Consumer JV with Pfizer close as previously indicated
Expect 80p dividend for 2019
Pipeline update and newsflow
Rebuild of Pharmaceuticals pipeline continues with 33* of the 46* new medicines now in development targeting modulation of the immune system
Major progress made in immuno-oncology pipeline with 16* assets now in clinical development, reflecting organic progression, the Tesaro acquisition and the alliance with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany*
Major data readouts and other significant newsflow expected on multiple new medicines in HIV, Oncology, Immuno-inflammation and Respiratory in 2019:
- FDA approval decision expected for dolutegravir + lamivudine in H1
- FDA filings planned for long-acting injectable cabotegravir + rilpivirine in H1 and fostemsavir for highly treatment-experienced patients in H2
- Pivotal stage data readouts expected for BCMA for 4L multiple myeloma, Zejula for 1L maintenance ovarian cancer and PD1 dostarlimab for endometrial cancer
- Updated phase I PFS data from DREAMM-1 study for BCMA to be published in leading journal in H1
- Phase III start planned for anti-GMCSF for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in H2
- Results of pivotal CAPTAIN study to support filing of Trelegy for use in asthma expected in H1
* Includes M7824, the subject of the alliance with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, expected to close in Q1 2019.
Emma Walmsley, Chief Executive Officer, GSK said:
"GSK delivered improved operating performance in 2018 with Group sales growth, strong commercial execution of new product launches, especially Shingrix, continued cost discipline and better cash generation.
"It was also a significant year for the Group strategically, with the launch of a new R&D strategy focused on immunology, genetics and new technologies, together with a series of transactions that support our strategy and reshape of the Group's portfolio.
"We are making good progress against our priority to rebuild our Pharmaceuticals pipeline, particularly in oncology. Since July, we have doubled the number of oncology assets in clinical development to 16 through the advancement of our internal programmes and with targeted business development including the recently completed acquisition of Tesaro and our new alliance with Merck KGaA that is expected to close in Q1 2019. During 2019, we expect to receive pivotal data on three new cancer medicines, all of which have the potential to be launched in the next two years.
"We are also focused on completing the transactions to divest our Consumer Healthcare nutrition business to Unilever; and the formation of our new joint venture with Pfizer that will create a new, world leading Consumer Healthcare company and which provides a unique opportunity to deliver substantial value for shareholders.
"Finally, I would like to thank all our customers, suppliers and employees for their support and hard work in 2018 and look forward to working with them in 2019, which will be an important year of execution for GSK."
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About GSK
GSK – one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies – is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. For further information please visit www.gsk.com/about-us.
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Urban Chronicle series is a collection of graphic short stories. Unlike typical genres of a comic book, this series is one of its kind that explores life in a metro. The infrastructure of built environment categorized by urban sociology has always been a subject of an enigma. City dwellers are often accused of escaping from their agrarian life towards the comforts of a bourgeois metropolis. But is it true? Is a cosmopolitan devoid of struggles and hardships? My stories are humble attempts to explore the above questions through some lighthearted tales that capture this alienated and fragmented reality through an imaginative weave of words and illustrations. Tinged with suspicion the three stories, in the first series of Urban Chronicles are grounded in the contemporary era. While in one a husband tries tackling his suspecting wife, in another, a neighbour's curiosity, brings forth an unexpected truth. And then there is our GBG, aka Gossip Brewers Group who will go to any extent to find out spicy secrets of their society.
Nita may be best described as a lazy bookworm who utilizes her moments of feeling out-of-place in a social gathering by observing people around her and plotting short stories. Before she started writing fiction, she experimented with various occupations like being a computer teacher, computer programmer, kitchen designer, kitchen manufacturer, and office magazine editor. But her favourite job is the one she's now doing full time – weaving stories. Mother of an adorable daughter, she finds writing de-stressing. She loves reading on flights, and she is at her best when left alone to scribble on her laptop in a library or a cafe. Knitting stories around relationships, emotional needs and various perceptions that build up the drama of life is her forte. She believes that travelling opens up her mind and helps her understand life better. Most of her short stories and travelogues have been featured in popular magazines such as Women's Era, Alive, and Airports India. The Leap is her debut novel. You can get to her blog by simply typing the word "nitatussiemussies".
The Review:
Nita Bajoria's Urban Chronicles Book I, is a collection of three short stories in a graphic novel. It takes commonplace instances from everyday life and shows us what it is like to live in the city.
Balcony touches upon how we constantly make assumptions about someone else's lives, by peering through our neighbour's windows. Smell is a sweet and funny anecdote of what happens when suspicions run wild in a wife's mind when left to her own devices. And finally, Mrs. Ramachandran, who heads the Gossip Brewer's Club in her society. The theme, as explained in the blurb, for these stories is suspicion.
This is a fun and happy read, to make a Sunday afternoon fun while sipping on your cup of chai. It's a comfort read for sure. We cannot wait to read the next two installments for Urban Chronicles.
The illustrations also do justice to the stories. So kudos to Pradipta Mukherjee for nailing all the characters well!
Added bonus: the Hindi version of this book will be made available in the market very soon.
You can get your own copy by placing an order: Amazon India | Flipkart
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Q: Combine Hash and sum the values in ruby I have below hash:
{"shape":[
  {"key":"0000round","total_amount":"54679110.10","name":"Round","count":100},
  {"key":"0001square","total_amount":"4074837.00","name":"Square","count":200},
  {"key":"0003rectangle","total_amount":"6114261.00","name":"Rectangle","count":150},
  {"key":"0008round","total_amount":"6425948.50","name":"Round","count":620},
  {"key":"0004square","total_amount":"5009297.50","name":"Square","count":440}
]}

I want to sum total amount and count for some duplicate values such as 0000round and 0008round.
Here in this case uniq key will be Name
so Name=Round has 2 values similerly for Square.
What I have tried so far:
temp_hash = Hash.new(nil)
raw_hash['shape'].each do |shape|
  if temp_hash[shape['name']].present?
    temp_hash[shape['name']]['total_amount'] = temp_hash[shape['name']]['total_amount'].to_f + shape['total_amount'].to_f
    temp_hash[shape['name']]['count'] = temp_hash[shape['name']]['count'].to_i + shape['count'].to_i
    temp_hash[shape['name']]['key'] = [temp_hash[shape['name']]['key'] , shape['key']].flatten
  else
    temp_hash[shape['name']] = shape
  end

raw_hash['shape'] = temp_hash.values
end

Output is
{"shape"=>[
{"key"=>["0000round", "0004round"],"total_amount"=>59688407.6,"name"=>"Round","count"=>7437},
{"key"=>"0001princess","total_amount"=>"4074837.00","name"=>"Princess","count"=>810},
{"key"=>["0003oval", "0008oval"],"total_amount"=>12540209.5,"name"=>"Oval","count"=>1460}]}

Is there better way to do this?

A: First, we are going to define a Hash which tells us for each of the keys how the values should be merged:
merger = {
  key: -> *values { values },
  total_amount: -> *values { values.sum(&:to_f) },
  count: -> *values { values.sum },
  name: -> *values { values.last }
}

It will make sense soon what we use this for.
We need to group the Hash by the :name key:
grouped_hash = raw_hash[:shape].group_by {|h| h[:name] }

We only need the values of the resulting Hash, not the keys:
grouped_hashes = grouped_hash.values

We need to transform the values of this Array somehow:
transformed_hashes = grouped_hashes.map {|hashes| … something … }

So, what is something? Well, we need to merge all Hashes in each group, and we need to do this with different functions based on the key. That's why we made our Hash of Procs above. So, the something looks like this:
hashes.reduce {|acc, hash| acc.merge(hash) {|key, *values| merger[key].(*values) }}

So, the total result looks like this:
merger = {
  key: -> *values { values },
  total_amount: -> *values { values.sum(&:to_f) },
  count: -> *values { values.sum },
  name: -> *values { values.last }
}

raw_hash[:shape].group_by {|h| h[:name] }.
  values.
  map do |hashes|
    hashes.reduce do |acc, hash|
      acc.merge(hash) do |key, *values|
        merger[key].(*values)
      end
    end
  end

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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
They dressed chiefly in skins, but they also made a rough cloth of flax. Fragments of that flaxen cloth have been discovered. Their nets were made of flax; they had as yet no knowledge of hemp and hempen rope. With the coming of bronze, their pins and ornaments increased in number. There is reason to believe they set great store upon their hair, wearing it in large shocks with pins of bone and afterwards of metal. To judge from the absence of realistic carvings or engravings or paintings, they either did not decorate their garments or decorated them with plaids, spots, interlacing designs, or similar conventional ornament. Before the coming of bronze there is no evidence of stools or tables; the Neolithic people probably squatted on their clay floors. There were no cats in these lake dwellings; no mice or rats had yet adapted themselves to human dwellings; the cluck of the hen was not as yet added to the sounds of human life, nor the domestic egg to its diet.[1]
The chief tool and weapon of Neolithic man was his axe; his next the bow and arrow. His arrow heads were of flint, beautifully made, and he lashed them tightly to their shafts. Probably he prepared the ground for his sowing with a pole, or a pole upon which he had stuck a stag's horn. Fish he hooked or harpooned. These implements no doubt stood about in the interior of the house, from the walls of which hung his fowling-nets. On the floor, which was of clay or trodden cow-dung (after the fashion of hut floors in India to-day), stood pots and jars and woven baskets containing grain, milk, and such-like food. Some of the pots and pans hung by rope loops to the walls. At one end of the room, and helping to keep it warm in winter by their animal heat, stabled the beasts. The children took the cows and goats out to graze, and brought them in at night before the wolves and bears came prowling.
↑ Poultry and hens' eggs were late additions to the human cuisine, in spite of the large part they now play in our dietary. The hen is not mentioned in the Old Testament (but note the allusion to an egg, Job vi, 6) nor by Homer. Up to about 1500 b.c. the only fowls in the world were jungle denizens in India and Burmah. The crowing of jungle cocks is noted by Glasfurd in his admirable accounts of tiger shooting as the invariable preliminary of dawn in the Indian jungle. Probably poultry were first domesticated in Burmah. They got to China, according to the records, only about 1100 b.c. They reached Greece via Persia before the time of Socrates. In the New Testament the crowing of the cock reproaches Peter for his desertion of the Master.
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The Department of Information and Public Relations which is also known as JANASANYOG has been working as the mouthpiece of the Government to reach to the people and to inform the Government regarding the public opinion. The Department is the linkage between the Government machinery and the people.
The following administrative Establishments of the Department of Information and Public Relations are in existence in Dima Hasao to administer, supervise and look after the day to day activities of the Department.
The office is situated at Upper Bageter and was established in the year 1980 as the Zonal Head of North Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong District for looking after the implementation of departmental activities. At that time, the responsibility of the office was planning, budgetary works and administrative works for both the Hill Districts of Assam. Later on as per MoU agreement in the year 1996, this office became the Zonal Head of the Department in Dima Hasao and in respect of the Karbi Anglong District, this office only controls the Non Salary Components under the Non Plan Sector.
District Information and Public Relations Officer (DIPRO) is responsible for implementation of the objectives of the Department in the District. The office was established in the year 1979 and the office is situated at the Old Dak Bunglow Building at Haflong in the office campus of Deputy Commissioner.
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Ancient Sunshine
Jason Livingston, 2020, USA, 19:28 min
A fossil cast in plastic, an artificial plateau, classic cars running on the fumes of the nation.
Utah Tar Sands Resistance has been fighting experimental mining in the Tavaputs Plateau for almost a decade, setting up camp every summer in sight of heavy equipment and construction crews. The film asks, how might the concept of horizontalism be applied to the physical horizon, its decimation, and to capital's propensity for vertical extrication? Ancient Sunshine interweaves the endless remaking of the Western landscape with labor history, reflections on anarchist organization, and interspecies economies, such as animal husbandry.
Ancient Sunshine consists of interviews with the Utah Tar Sands Resistance primary organizers and other Utah land protectors, and sets their voices in and against an industrialized landscape. The film draws on a surprising array of present and historical voices, drawing attention to the role of resistance and kinship during times of threat and extinction.
Toward a poetic solidarity, toward a formal politics.
Field Resistance
Emily Drummer, 2019, 15:45 min
Charging scenes of the present with dystopian speculation, Field Resistance teases the boundaries between documentary and science fiction to investigate overlooked environmental devastation in the flyover state of Iowa. Observational documentary-style footage collected from disparate locations – a university herbarium, karst sinkholes inhabited by primordial flora and fauna, a telecommunication tower job-site, among others – is used to evoke a fictional, dystopian narrative of plant ascension and humanity's retreat. Rejecting the human individual as the focus of narrative cinema, the film adopts the perspective of a symbiotic "implosive whole" in which humans and nonhumans are related in an overlapping, non-total way.
There Is Something In The Air
Iram Ghufran, 2011, 28 min
Language: English, Hindi & Urdu (with English subtitles)
There Is Something In The Air is a call from the periphery of sanity. This documentary essay is a series of dream narratives, and accounts of spiritual possession as experienced by women 'petitioners' at the shrine of a Sufi saint in north India. The shrine is a space where ritualised performance becomes the predominant rule of engagement, and one can begin to think of the possibilities that 'insanity' produces. The film invites the viewer to a fantastical world, where fear and desire are expressed through dreams and 'afflictions of air'. The drama unfolds via dreams, and appearances of djinns and disappearances of women. The shrine becomes a space of expressions of longing and transgression. Here, boundary breaches are the norm and if spirit possessions are usually recounted as a loss of the autonomy of the self, There is Something In The Air explores how a personhood may also be expanded through a relationship of reverie with non-human forces.
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Anglo-Turkish War may refer to:

 Anglo-Turkish War (1807–09), part of the Napoleonic Wars
 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I (1914–18), where Britain and Turkey fought on several fronts
 Turkish War of Independence (1919–23), where Britain and allies fought the Turkish National Movement

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Q: detect if a given environment variable(only part of the environment variable name is given) is set in bash I want to do things like following in bash:
if [ "${AA_BB_*}" ] ; then
    echo "I am in"
fi

And "AA__BB" is just a patter. So no matter I have set "AA_BB_1" or "AA_BB_X" in my environment, this script will print "I am in"
How can I achieve that? Thanks a lot

A: You're close: ${!AA_BB_*} will expand to the list of variable names that match AA_BB_*.
if [ "${!AA_BB_*}" ]; then

However, note that this will match against all shell variables, not just those whose export attribute is set. If you really want to check specifically against environment variables, you'll have to grep the output of env:
if env | grep -q 'AA_BB_*'; then

A: You can use env to list the variables, awk to select only variable name and grep to match the pattern:
if (env | awk -F= '{print $1}' | grep -q "AA_BB_*"); then  echo 'I am in' ;fi


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Role of Equality Axiom in Russell Sock Axiom Of Choice Example
Apologies for asking such a basic question, but I am trying to understand how Set Theory represents identical sets (in Quantum Physics sets of identical particles can behave oddly) and the question arose when I read about Russell's countably infinite set of pairs of Socks in various Axiom of Choice questions.
Instead of socks turn it into something mathematical, so represent a sock as the set for the number 1. So a pair of socks is represented as the set {1,1} and call this set P. This means that the countably infinite set of pairs of socks becomes {P,P,....}.
The axiom of extensionality is in Set Theory $\forall a \forall b (a=b \leftrightarrow \forall z (z\in a \leftrightarrow z \in b))$
This presumably means {1,1} = {1} and also {P,P,...}={P}.
Also presumably the cardinal number of any set of identical sets is always 1.
So it appears that Set Theory can't actually distinguish a pair of socks from a single sock when considered as sets, as Set Theory would always think each pair of socks is actually only one sock. So how can the Russell question about selecting one sock from each of an infinite pair of socks (either as a sequence of pairs or as a set of pairs) be formally represented in Set Theory in a form that is relevant to discussions about the axiom of choice ?
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Little CheeseLittle Cheese
Russell's example is divulgative, in order to clarify the need of the Axiom of Choice when dealing with infinite sets :
Russell coined an analogy: for any (even infinite) collection of pairs of shoes, one can pick out the left shoe from each pair to obtain an appropriate selection; this makes it possible to directly define a choice function. For an infinite collection of pairs of socks (assumed to have no distinguishing features), there is no obvious way to make a function that selects one sock from each pair, without invoking the axiom of choice.
Socks are individual objects and not sets. Thus, the Axiom of Extensionality will not apply to them.
If they were sets, having no elements they will be all the same set, and specifically the empty set.
Thus, a pair of socks is a set with two "distinct" elements.
The issue is : from a mathematical point of view there is no "uniform" property that can identify in one fell swoop one of the two socks of each pair from the other one, in the case of an infinite collection.
This is not the case with the infinite collection of pairs of shoes, where we can simply say : "choose the right shoe".
Mauro ALLEGRANZAMauro ALLEGRANZA
$\begingroup$ After looking up what divulgative means I then followed up your point to see if Russell just used it as a way of trying to get the general idea across to the public about the limitations of distinguishing each element in an infinite set using a single finite logical statement. I have just obtained Russell's book containing the sock example and sure enough after the sock example is presented it says "… and the case of socks, with a little good will on the part of the reader, may serve to show how a selection may be impossible". So Russell's point is deep but the example is divulgative. $\endgroup$ – Little Cheese Sep 9 '18 at 8:56
The real problem here is that the sock analogy is a bad analogy that misses important features of how set theory works.
Yes, whenever you have two sets (in ordinary well-founded set theory), the axiom of extensionality tells you that they are distinguishable -- there will be something that is an element of one of them and not an element of the other one.
A better analogy would be, instead of speaking of infinitely many pairs of indistinguishable socks, you have infinitely many pairs of various woolen objects, and you want to instruct a stupid assistant to pick one object from each pair.
Whenever you look at one of the pairs, it is easy to see a difference between them. Some are red, some are blue. Some are big, others are small. Some are knit, others are crotcheted. Many are just random snarls of yarn.
However, whenever you ask your assistant to pick one from each pair, he will go working for some time, and then come back: "Boss, which of these two ones do you want? You haven't told me which one to pick." Each time you can find something to do with that pair, but the questions keep coming. Take the heaviest? Somewhere there's a pair of woolen things that weigh exactly the same. Take the one with the fewest stiches in total? After you've defined what counts as a stitch for a random snarl of yarn, you'll find that one of the pairs end up with the same count under that procedure. (Oh, but they are different colors! How did you forget to instruct him to pick the red one when that happens?)
The axiom of choice states that you have an assistant with sufficient initiative to just pick one of them already each time he comes to a pair that you haven't left instructions for distinguishing between.
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$\begingroup$ Thanks for the Physicist friendly explanation. Looking at your kind explanation it looks like AC is further developing the properties of the Set Theory "Axiom Of Separation" – by extending it to some of the cases where a single (finite) logical statement can't precisely describe each element in an infinite set. So it looks like AC is including a way of separating out infinite sets of elements that would otherwise be impossible using the Axiom of Separation ? $\endgroup$ – Little Cheese Sep 9 '18 at 9:16
$\begingroup$ @ColinHarling: Yes that's a way of looking at it. It may not be extremely informative, because the axiom of separation is already the swiss knife of set theory construction which we use for absolutely everything except the few specific cases it does not suffice for. It might arguably be more productive to think of it as an extension of the axiom of Replacement, avoiding the requirement that the formula we use to define replacements always points to a single value (but we still get exactly one replacement per element of the original set). $\endgroup$ – hmakholm left over Monica Sep 9 '18 at 20:13
So... you're living in a "one sock universe", where all the socks are the same? Or a "one ant universe", where all the ants are really just the same ant, moving really fast?
In mathematics two things are equal if they are the same. Two socks are not one sock. Two ants, even if you cannot distinguish which one is which, are not the same ant. Usually.
So you would represent one sock as $1$, but another sock as $2$ and another sock as $3$, and so on and so forth. But even that's wrong. Because that makes Russell's analogy odd, why can't you choose from pairs of socks? If the socks are labelled $1,2,3,4,5$ and so on, just choose the one with the smaller label from each pair.
The point is that Russell's analogy is based on the idea that you cannot label all the socks simultaneously. You can label all the pairs at the same time, yes. And you can distinguish between two given socks in the same pairs, but there is no feature that you can use that works to distinguish the socks in all the pairs at the same time.
Asaf Karagila♦Asaf Karagila
$\begingroup$ Looking at your explanation (or was it many explanations …?), if the Set Theory "Axiom of Separation" is only allowed to use a single finite logical statement "P(x)=True" to describe each element in a separated out infinite set and "P(x)=False" if x isn't in the set then AC seems to be about lack of definability in the Axiom of Separation. There will always be some sets which are indistinguishable using any finite logical statement P(x), which presumably can imply some elements of a set may be different (using an oracle) but incorrectly P(x) says they are the same ... divulgatively ? $\endgroup$ – Little Cheese Sep 9 '18 at 9:33
$\begingroup$ Sort of yes on the first, but surprisingly no to the "some sets will be indistinguishable". Definability is very subtle, and people don't pay as much attention to it as they should when making these kind of sweeping declarations. I have to admit, though, I'm not entirely clear as to what is your actual question here. $\endgroup$ – Asaf Karagila♦ Sep 9 '18 at 14:09
$\begingroup$ Ah, I thought I had 'got' what Russell was saying, so looks like more thought is needed and I certainly hadn't appreciated that definability is so subtle. I was asking whether Russell was saying that using P(x) to attempt to separate a specific element from each of an infinite number of sets with two elements would not be possible because in one set with two elements, P(x) would return True for each element, thereby failing to be able to separate out only one of the elements, when creating the infinite series. But you say that isn't true. Any clues why ? $\endgroup$ – Little Cheese Sep 9 '18 at 20:21
$\begingroup$ Okay. The first thing to realize is that all these choiceless counterexamples are confusing and counterintuitive, until you develop very strong intuition about choice. Which most mathematicians (including many set theorists) do not really have. So the alternative is to work with the basic definitions, slowly, and so these type of arguments are often confusing for everyone. The second thing is that in that specific instance (or rather the formalization thereof), it is indeed the case that there is no predicate $P(x,u)$ (with parameters) that exactly one of each pair would satisfy. $\endgroup$ – Asaf Karagila♦ Sep 9 '18 at 20:29
$\begingroup$ So to get the intuition I will allocate many more hours to learning about AC - to be able to explore a range of "lack of distinguishability" scenarios. To follow up your point about "definability is very subtle" any suggested references or an example to understand your point ? $\endgroup$ – Little Cheese Sep 10 '18 at 8:22
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Tag Archives: "Big 12 Football"
West Virginia Mountaineers to Battle Orangemen of Syracuse in Pinstripe Bowl
The extension of an old rivalry will occur in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday, December 29 in Yankees Stadium. The West Virginia Mountaineers and Syracuse Orangemen played against each other annually until this year, when the Mountaineers moved to the Big 12 Conference. West Virginia's attack is led by quarterback Geno Smith, who has completed 350 of 490 passes (71.4%) for 4,004 yards with 40 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, along with 63 carries, 155 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Mountaineers are #7 in scoring offense, but #116 in scoring defense out of 124 teams.
Quarterback Geno Smith makes the West Virginia Mountaineers one of the most explosive offensive teams in the nation.
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The Orange are #21 in total offense, and their defense is somewhat shaky, but not quite as shaky as the Mountaineers' defense.
West Virginia Mountaineers: (7-5) : Roby's Ratings: (6.57)
Syracuse Orangemen: (7-5): Roby's Ratings: (4.45)
Prediction: A high scoring affair with the West Virginia Mountaineers winning by 3
(H/T: MadduxSports.com)
(c) Copyright Shayn Roby 2012
Roby's Ratings (TM) are a trademark of Shayn Roby
This entry was posted in Sports and tagged "ACC Football", "Big 12 Football", "Big East Football", "Geno Smith", "Pinstripe Bowl", "Syracuse Orangemen", "West Virginia Mountaineers", "Yankees Stadium" on December 29, 2012 by Shayn Roby.
Bears Torch Bruins (Oso) Oh So Soundly in Holiday Bowl.
The Baylor Bears blasted the UCLA Bruins in every phase of the game in a 23-point shellacking of their fellow members of family Ursidae. Before the game was over, Nick Florence had broken the single-season passing record of Robert Griffin III en route to the 49-26 pasting of the (bear)ly conscious Bruins in the Holiday Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
Nick Florence of Baylor led his Bears to a 49-26 pasting of the UCLA Bruins.
Image by MySanAntonio.com
(H/T: Yahoo Sports)
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This entry was posted in Sports and tagged "Baylor Bears", "Bear Affair", "Big 12 Football", "More than BEARly Enough", "Nick Florence", "Pac 12 Football", "UCLA Bruins" on December 28, 2012 by Shayn Roby.
Red Raiders to Face Golden Gophers in Meineke Car Care Bowl
Time will tell if the Texas Tech Red Raiders can avoid being distracted by the whirlwind of coaching changes in the same manner that the Cincinnati Bearcats were able to on Thursday night in the Belk Bowl against Duke. The Bearcats are the culprit in stealing away coach Tommy Tuberville, who signed with the Bearcats to replace the departed Butch Jones, who had left Cincy for the Orange City of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Red Raiders (7-5) started the season off in promising fashion with a (4-0) start this season, but ended it with a horrid (1-4) stretch. The Red Raiders will be facing the Golden Gophers of Minnesota (6-6) who started off at (4-0) as well this season, but finished up with an awful (2-6) stretch. The Red Raiders, who average 37.8 points per game on offense, are led by quarterback Seth Doege, who has passed for 3934 yards and 38 touchdowns against 14 interceptions.
Red Raiders quarterback Seth Doege has thrown for 38 touchdowns this season.
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The game in Houston figures to be a high-scoring affair, with the Red Raiders prevailing.
Texas Tech Red Raiders: (7-5): Roby's Rating: (7.88)
Minnesota Golden Gophers: (6-6): Roby's Rating: (3.21)
Prediction: Texas Tech Red Raiders by 5
(H/T: TexasTech.com)
This entry was posted in Sports and tagged "Big 10 Football", "Big 12 Football", "Butch Jones", "Cincinnati Bearcats", "Houston Texas", "Meineke Car Care Bowl", "Minnesota Golden Gophers", "Seth Doege", "Tennessee Volunteers", "Texas Tech Red Raiders", "Tommy Tuberville" on December 28, 2012 by Shayn Roby.
Who Deserves to Play in BCS Title Game?….By the Numbers.
Before these numbers are released, first a disclaimer must be given. Notre Dame is undefeated and therefore, by moral sports reasoning and ethical consideration, DOES deserve to play for the BCS National Championship in football. They defeated Pac-12 leader Stanford and beat Oklahoma: the 2nd place team in the Big 12, which at least statistically is the top league in the country.
Running back Theo Riddick helped Notre Dame beat USC 22-13 to claim a spot in the BCS National Championship game.
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Yesterday, Notre Dame claimed one of the two spots in the BCS title game by beating USC 22-13 and finishing its season with a perfect 12-0 mark. Both Alabama and Georgia also moved one step closer to claiming the other remaining slot in the National Championship game. The Crimson Tide spanked Iron Bowl rival Auburn 49-0, while Georgia beat up on weak ACC stepbrother Georgia Tech 42-10. Notre Dame's victory over Southern Cal made Florida's victory over ACC (Almost Competitive Conference) co-leader Florida State irrelevant with respect to the BCS National Championship game.
When one loss teams play for national title games that are void of a playoff system of qualification for said game, there is often controversy about which one loss team is worthy to face the undefeated team. The reality of the situation is that the winner of the Alabama/ Georgia game to determine the SEC Champion will also be the game that determines who claims the remaining spot in the BCS National Championship game. Below is a composite score for each team that might have a legitimate argument for appearing in the big game that uses a formula that is composed of a hiearchy that uses point differentials, results of non-conference games, and conference standings as a point of reference.
1. Alabama: Composite Score of 31.73
2. Oregon: Composite Score of 30.39
3. Georgia: Compostie Score of 23.92
4. Kansas St.: Composite Score of 21.82
5. Notre Dame: Composite Score of 16.2
6. Florida: Composite Score of 15.64
7. Ohio St.: Composite Score of 15.12 (On probation and not eligible for post-season)
8. Stanford: Composite Score of 13.13 (Two losses, but playing for Pac-12 Title)
These composite scores were arrived at by using winning percentages of conferences during the season.
1. Big 12: 0.867 7. WAC: 0.537
2. SEC: 0.857 8. MAC: 0.500
3. Big 10: 0.708 9. Sun Belt: 0.425
4. Pac 12: 0.686 10. MWC: 0.414
5. Big East: 0.641 11. CUSA: 0.250
6. ACC: 0.571
For those that crow about the SEC being in another BCS title game, the conference has yet to lose one since the current BCS format was adopted in 1998. Just as Notre Dame is in the big game because they are unbeaten, when there is a doubt the SEC champion should get the nod. In championship games under the current format the SEC is UNBEATEN. Just like on the basketball court in the neighborhood, WINNER STAYS UP.
This entry was posted in Sports and tagged "Alabama Crimson Tide", "BCS National Championship", "Big 12 Football", "Georgia Bulldogs", "Notre Dame Fighting Irish", "Roby's College Football Rankings"', "SEC Football" on November 25, 2012 by Shayn Roby.
Texas Schools Make Impact in their New Homes
Texas A & M Aggies
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At the beginning of the 2012 football season, many college football fans were skeptical that Texas A &M was good enough to be considered as an equal with SEC powerhouses like Alabama, LSU, Florida, or even Georgia. Of course, that kind of speculation was laid to rest with A & M's 29-24 victory over The Crimson Tide two weeks ago. By the same token, the same kind of talk was being circulated around by Longhorn and Sooner fans about whether the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs belonged in the Big 12 as well. Now at least the Longhorn fans know the answer to that question. The answer is a resounding "Yes", after the Horned Frogs beat the Longhorns in Austin on Thanksgiving night by a score of 20-13. It was the first time that TCU had beaten Texas in 20 years. http://lindyssports.com/college-football/big-12/article/headline/tcu-beats-texas-for-first-time-in-20-years/57272
Indeed, the changing of the landscape of college football from a Texas perspective may have not been that dramatic. Texans can now watch A & M compete on a stage with the premiere football powerhouses of the nation in the SEC, and the Big 12 received another quality Texas program in TCU that will keep the level of competition high for years to come.
Frogs Beat Horns 20-13
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This entry was posted in Sports and tagged "Alabama Crimson Tide", "Big 12 Football", "SEC Football", "TCU Horned Frogs", "Texas A&M University", "Texas Christian University", "Texas Longhorns" on November 24, 2012 by Shayn Roby.


Happy to see that you use alt tags on your pictures! Not only does it help us visually impaired folks know what the photo is, but it helps promote your work via search engines. We're preparing for another snow storm later today and overnight.
Hi Donna – not sure what an 'alt tag' is, so didn't even know I'd used one!
Stevie, hmmm, I wonder how it happened if you didn't deliberately do it? Screen readers & search engines read text only. Normally, if nothing is done to change it, when a screen reader encounters a graphic, it says, "Graphic" followed by a mishmash of numbers & letters. An alt tag, or alternate text, is a string of text that the screen reader can read. In this post, I hear, "Graphic, Snow Angels.jpg" & "Graphic, Frozen.jpg." Word Press has an edit section for media that allows you to add alt tags, and if you use their Insert Img dialog in their html/text editor, you get a two-part dialog with the URL of the image first and then the alt tag. If you aren't using a screen reader, you just see the picture, so you can't count on the alt tag to add descriptions for your sighted readers. You included the descriptions in your post so everybody got it.
Ah, they're the names I gave the photos on my desktop in the first place. I don't understand the rest of your explanation, as I'm not very computer literate.
I dream snow angels. I live in the hot south, Georgia!
I went to 'Nawlins' a couple of years ago and the heat was savage. It was only February, so couldn't even imagine what it's like in August!
True! It is hotter in July to October in the south!
Ooh-er. Good thing I went in February then!
I'm too much of a warm-blooded Californian to make snow angels…yours sure turned out great! I suppose I could make sand angels when I get to the coast! Lovely take on frozen today! Thanks for joining in again, Stevie!
It's warmed up a bit now.
I love that snow angel. I have never seen one before.
I love the snow angel your granddaughter made. I remember making them as kids.
Me too, and 'sand angels' on the beach.
Great to see the evidence of such lovely snow enjoyment!
Kids love it. My four grandchildren do!
Snow is lovely in a picture or a film but I prefer to leave it there as the cold and I have never been friends.


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